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To Helen
By Edgar Allan Poe (1809–1849)
H
Like those Nicean barks of yore,
That gently o’er a perfumed sea,
The weary, wayworn wanderer bore
To his native shore.
Thy hyacinth hair, thy classic face,
Thy Naiad airs have brought me home
To the glory that was Greece
And the grandeur that was Rome.
How statue-like I see thee stand!
The agate lamp within thy hand,
Ah! Psyche, from the regions which
Are Holy Land!